Govt provides K1M per dead person for bereaved families
Plan is underway to assist cash for damaged homes through the National Disaster Management Fund.
Vice-Senior General Soe
Win unveiled that the government manages issuance of proper cash assistance,
loans without interest and soft-interest loans for livelihoods while allocating
the some amount from the National Disaster Management Fund.
Chairman of the
National Disaster Management Committee Vice-Chairman of the State
Administration Council Deputy Prime Minister Vice-Senior General Soe Win said
so at the ceremony to mark the International Day of Disaster Risk Reduction
2024 at the Myanmar International Convention Centre-I in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday
morning.
In his speech, the
Vice-Senior General said that the management committee initiates creation of
the hazard map and the risk map through endeavours of experienced experts.
Moreover, it will be combined with the post-flood and land slide needs
assessment based on overflow of Myittha River in Kalay in 2015.
During three cash
donation at the State level, he recounted that well-wishers at home and abroad
in individuals and in groups donated more than K52 billion for rescue, relief, emegency
response and rehabilitation measures.
The Vice-Senior General
highlighted that bereaved families have obtained K1 million per dead person in
natural disasters through the National Disaster Management Fund and region and
state funds, and the National Disaster Management Fund will be allocated cash
assistance for damaged homes.
Moreover, he added that
the government manages issuance proper cash assistance, loans without interest
and soft-interest loans for livelihoods while allocating the some amount from
the National Disaster Management Fund.
He retold that the
recent flood affected nine regions and states where about one million people
from more than 80,000 families suffered impacts of floods. Of them, 520 people
were dead and missing in the disasters in addition of death of more than
180,000 animals and damage of more than 700,000 acres of paddy and other crops
across the nation, he added.
The Vice-Senior General
continued that the Head of State inspected repairs of roads and bridges to turn
the transport service into normalcy as quickly as possible.
He spotted that Special
Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Disaster Risk
Reduction Head of United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Mr Karmal
Kishore called for teaching lessons of natural disasters to students from the
school-age children to those from the higher education.
He noted that more than
10 million trees were lost yearly from 2010 to 2020, according to the statement
of the UN World Food Programme. It shows that growing number of global
population, expansion of vocational businesses, high temperature, climate
change and deforestation trigger severely natural disasters year by year.
The Vice-Senior General
emphasized that UNICEF mentioned that one billion children worldwide are facing
high possibility of disaster risks and some 27 million children suffer impacts
of flood-related disasters.
He pointed out that it
is necessary to initiate preparedness against natural disasters in accord with
the Sendai framework (2025-2030) in order to mitigate disaster risks nationally
and regionally.
He urged all to
thoroughly understand the important role of new generation youths and the
people in mitigating and responding to the natural disaster risks.
Vice-Chair-2 of the
management committee Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement
Dr Soe Win reported on natural disaster management measures.
A message of the UNSG
read by Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General (SRSG)
for Disaster Risk Reduction Head of UNDRR Mr Karmal Kishore and a documentary
video on disaster risk reduction movement were screened.
The Vice-Senior General
presented medals, certificates and cash awards to winners in the open article
contest to mark the 2024 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction.
SAC member General Mya
Tun Oo, Vice-Chairmen of the management committee Union Ministers Lt-Gen Yar
Pyae and Dr Soe Win also awarded the winners in the university-level painting
and basic education-level essay contests.
The Vice-Senior General
then visited the booths of documentary photos to mark the 2024 International
Day for Disaster Risk Reduction.
The ceremony was also
attended by Union ministers, senior Tatmadaw officers, deputy ministers,
chairmen of organizations, departmental heads and officials from UN agencies
and NGOs and INGOs. — MNA/ TTA
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